background & importance: the use of local hemostatic agents in neurosurgery is mandatory in order to control the sequelae of intracerebal hemorrhage. it is widely used in oxidized regenerated cellulose (surgicel™). case presentation: a 54-year-old man previously operated for grade ii meningioma came back to our attention due to the onset of left side arm weakness one month after surgery. the ct...

Aim: A fast activation time of hemostatic agents with blood must be sufficient to effectively stop bleeding within surgical procedures. However, there are no functional in vitro tests of hemostatic agents which mimick such a clinical application. Method: The efficacy of two common hemostatic agents was examined with heparinised human whole blood (0.7 IU/ml) and a contact time of only three minu...

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM Hemostatic agents may influence the bond strength of different bonding agents. Also, chlorhexidine has shown positive effects on bond strength values and their combination effect has not been reported yet. PURPOSE The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of contamination with a hemostatic agent on shear bond strength (SBS) of total- and self-etching adhesive s...

BACKGROUND HES solutions provide a sterile, alternative colloidal fluid to albumin solutions and/or plasma in the management of patients who need plasma volume expansion. Solutions of HES are widely accepted internationally but are used only modestly in the United States, largely because of concerns over hemostasis. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS A randomized, blinded, two-arm trial comparing the h...